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Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian
Not give up... but I think its an important language.
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So learning English is less important than learning Mandarin?
You made the claim that learning Spanish is of a higher importance than learning French because Canada engages in more trade with Spanish-speaking countries. What significance do you allot to a country's internal political unity? Canada has one province that is comprised of a francophone majority, one province that has a large francophone minority; in fact, there is a francophone presence in every province, in every territory.
In my advocacy for a stronger French education in anglophone schools I have not at all desired for the exclusion of other languages. When I attended high school, students were also studying Spanish. Unfortunately, despite them being a large trading partner, my high school didn't offer any Chinese languages (because I'm somewhat certain that international trade isn't a key factor in deciding scholastic curriculum).
Math is the same in every country. Let
that be the language of trade. Language needs to be mostly concerned with the cultures within the country.